When Aerosmith founding member Ray Tabano got a look at the now rusted-out old van, he confirmed that the vehicle was, in fact, the one he and his bandmates traveled the area in during their early days as a band. @jaggerrae wrote on Twitter: “Waaaaaa!! It’s a match!! Ray T confirmed.”

The owner of the land where the vehicle was found, identified on the show only as Phil, says the van was there since he bought the land from someone with a connection to Aerosmith. Phil scored a cool $25,000 when Wolfe and Fritz bought the incredible piece of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia from him. @RockWalkLondon even posted a throwback photo of the band aboard the van, prompting nostalgia for the members and fans alike:

After 45 years rusting away in woodland near Chesterfield, Massachusetts, US, Aerosmith’s first tour van (1970-73) has been found & featured in an episode of US TV’s ‘American Pickers’.The 1964 International Harvester Metro was verified legit by co-founding member Ray Tabano. pic.twitter.com/K3HT05VDRj

With all their fortune and fame, the band’s old tour bus, which Tabano says took them to gigs where they barely made $3 a piece, serves as an important reminder of just how far they’ve come in their decades-long career.

“It just reminded me of the humble beginnings and I look at where (the band has) gone today — it’s just amazing,” Tabano said on the episode.

And perhaps Aerosmith captured that feeling best in one of their first hit songs from their debut album, “Dream On!”